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Definition of Aumbries
1. aumbry [n] - See also: aumbry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aumbries
Literary usage of Aumbries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"At Durham there are double aumbries on either side of the altar platform, which
held the ... At Selby there are some good specimens of wainscot aumbries. ..."
2. Westminster by Sir Walter Besant (1895)
"The situation of St. Peter's exposed the younger TOWEL aumbries IN THE SOUTH WALK.
Brethren to temptations from which the monks of such retired spots as ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1891)
"The oldest tabernacles existing are the aumbries of the churches of Rome, SS.
Cosimo e Damiano, S Sebastiano sul monte, S Clemente, Sta Maria Trastevere, ..."
4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1876)
"When we observe the two aumbries (one in the north wall, and the other in the
south) and the ... Early English aumbries, with divided rectangular apertures, ..."
5. Catalogue of Manuscripts Preserved in the Chapter Library of Worcester Cathedral by Worcester Cathedral Library, John Kestell Floyer, Sidney Graves Hamilton (1906)
"On this supposition we may conclude that the large aumbries still existing in
the fourteenth-century work of the cloister were constructed to replace others ..."
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